Caifum

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A form of Kaifeng — A prefecture-level city on the Yellow River in Henan, China, a former national capital.

OriginChinese 開封 /开封 →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. alternativeobsoleteAlternative form of Kaifeng, a city on the Yellow River in central China, a former national capital.

    CAIFUM, a city of China, ſituated in the province of Honan, on the river Crocceus, three hundred and fifty miles north-weſt of Nanking...

    1771, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1st ed., Vol. II, p. 7

Origin

  1. Chinese開封 /开封
  2. EnglishCaifum

From irregular Portuguese romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 開封 /开封 (Kāifēng).

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